Emily Dickinson Lexicon

MUL'LION, n. [Fr. moulure.]

A division in a window frame; a bar.

MUL'LION, v.t.

To shape into divisions. Shak.

MUL'LION-ED, pp.

Shaped into divisions.

MUL'LOCK, n.

Rubbish.

MULSE, n. [L. mulsus.]

Wine boiled and mingled with honey.

MUL-TAN'GU-LAR, a. [L. multus, many, and angulus, angle; Basque, mola, a multitude; multsa, much.]

Having many angles; polygonal. Martyn.

MUL-TAN'GU-LAR-LY, adv.

With many angles or corners. Grew.

MUL-TI-CAP'SU-LAR, a. [L. multus, many, and capsula, a chest.]

In botany, having many capsules. Martyn.

MUL-TI-CA'VOUS, a. [L. multus, many, and cavus, hollow.]

Having many holes or cavities. Dict.

MUL-TI-DEN'TATE, a. [L. multus and dens.]

Armed with many teeth.

MUL-TI-FA'RI-OUS, a. [L. multifarius. Qu. varius.]

Having great multiplicity; having great diversity or variety; as, multifarious artifice. More.

MUL-TI-FA'RI-OUS-LY, adv.

With great multiplicity and diversity; with great variety of modes and relations. Bentley.

MUL-TI-FA'RI-OUS-NESS, n.

Multiplied diversity. Norris.

MUL'TI-FID, a. [L. multifidus; multus, many, and findo, to divide.]

Having many divisions; many-cleft; divided into several parts by linear sinuses and straight margins; as, a multifid leaf or corol. Martyn.

MUL-TIF'ID-OUS, a.

Having many divisions or partitions.

MUL-TIF'LO-ROUS, a. [L. multus, many, and flos, flower.]

Many-flowered; having many flowers. Martyn.

MUL'TI-FOLD, a.

Many times doubled; manifold; numerous.

MUL'TI-FORM, a. [L. multiformis; multus, many, and forma, form.]

Having many forms, shapes or appearances; as, the multiform operations of the air-pump. Watts.

MUL-TI-FORM'I-TY, n.

Diversity of forms; variety of shapes or appearances in the same thing. Johnson.

MUL-TI-FORM'OUS, a.

Having many forms. Taylor.

MUL-TI-GEN'ER-OUS, a. [L. multigenus; multus, many, and genus, kind.]

Having many kinds.

MUL-TI-JU'GOUS, a. [L. multus, many, and jugum, a yoke; a pair.]

Consisting of many pairs.

MUL-TI-LAT'ER-AL, a. [L. multus, many, and latus, side.]

Having many sides. A multilateral figure must also be multangular.

MUL'TI-LIN'E-AL, a.

Having many lines.

MUL-TI-LOC'U-LAR, a. [L. multus, many, and loculus, a cell.]

Having many cells; as, a multilocular pericarp. Martyn.